Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!pons.cis.ohio-state.edu!tj From: tj@pons.cis.ohio-state.edu (Todd R Johnson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games Subject: Re: Recommendation needed on Carmen Sandiego Message-ID: <87845@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> Date: 30 Jan 91 23:54:48 GMT References: <142858@pyramid.pyramid.com> <764@mephisto.edu> Sender: news@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Reply-To: Todd R Johnson Distribution: usa Organization: Ohio State University Computer and Information Science Lines: 33 In article <764@mephisto.edu> gil@cc.gatech.edu (Gil Neiger) writes: >>In article <142858@pyramid.pyramid.com> asteinbe@pyrsoft5.pyramid.com >>(Alan Steinberg) writes: >>> >>>Does anyone have a good recommendation of which Carmen Sandiego >>>game to choose from? If it matters, I have a color Mac LC. >>> >>I got "Where in the USA ..." recently and was disappointed, partly because >>there's very little color in the game. A careful examination of game >>boxes seems to indicate that "Where in Time ..." is the only one with >>color graphics. >> >>In general, however, I didn't find the game very interesting, color >>or not. I don't know if the others are much different. I played one case of Where in Europe.. and have little desire to ever play another Carmen Sandiego game. The game was quite boring and repetitious. The National Geographic board game "Geographic Pursuit" is a much more entertaining way to learn about the world. ---Todd -- Todd R. Johnson tj@cis.ohio-state.edu Laboratory for AI Research The Ohio State University